MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 8, 2026
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Portrait of Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson
AZ · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

John King wins 3 categories (K, ERA, SV); Ryan Thompson wins 1 (W); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
John King
90.5
Ryan Thompson
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
John King
11.2%
Ryan Thompson
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
John King
20.8%
Ryan Thompson
18.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
John King
34.6%
Ryan Thompson
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
John King
36.6%
Ryan Thompson
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
John King
8.9%
Ryan Thompson
3.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
John King
.282
Ryan Thompson
.289
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
John King
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
Ryan Thompson
2.054.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.75
3.70
WHIPlower is better
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24
Ryan Thompson
.9001.45
now 1.17
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
John King
4025.60
now 20
17
Ryan Thompson
4025.60
now 12
15
Winshigher is better
John King
.2003.80
now 1
12
Ryan Thompson
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
Ryan Thompson
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
Hold · wait & seeRyan Thompson — hold.conf 0.50
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